South Carolina’s In Our DNA SC program brings free genomic screening to all 46 counties, uncovering hidden cancer and heart ...

For years, the promise of genetic testing has been clear: Identify people at elevated risk for cancer and intervene before the disease develops or when it's most treatable. Yet millions of Americans ...

Does informing people about their genetic risk of obesity help them change their habits and lose excess weight? A study ...

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how computer chips work. In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ph ...

The health secretary has been raising the alarm on a so-called male fertility crisis, but there was no evidence he originated ...

In Australia, every newborn baby is offered a screening test for 34 serious but treatable conditions (or groups of conditions ...

The Genetic Counseling Program is a holistic training program that fluidly adapts to the dynamic and complex relationship between scientific knowledge and humanistic decision-making. The program's ...

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce ...

Just as this country celebrated its 250th birthday, some geneticists were celebrating America, too. At the end of June, the ...

Britain's National Health Service will make its pioneering Jewish BRCA testing program permanent after a pilot initiative identified hundreds of people carrying inherited cancer-linked genetic ...

A team led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a genome-scale reference map that details ...

Does informing people about their genetic risk of obesity help them change their habits and lose excess weight? A study, published in the journal Obesity Reviews by scientists including researchers ...